Trees against deserts

Grow more trees around fields and along waterbodies to prevent desertification

Organic chemistry

Hollagaru farmers reap rich dividends by going organic

ATM agriculture: There are reasons as to why there is so much resistance to the idea of natural farming

It is different. In this case, science promotes competition in the plants so that they can build soil reservoirs of fungi and bacteria and …

How India’s lunar landing shapes future of space exploration, geopolitics — an expert explains

The question is, how will the rival super-space powers progress their ambitions?

What we know about blastomyces, the fungus that killed 1 & infected 100 at a Michigan paper mill

The fungus is found in Michigan but an infection is very, very rare

Erosion by Ganga threatens India’s largest botanical garden in Howrah

Agencies cite fund crunch, seek central assistance   

World Nature Conservation Day: These 5 communities of India preserve ecology in their own distinct ways

The main aim behind observing the day is to protect various natural resources

Mobile soil nutrient tester

The soil meter will be available in four months; cost: Rs 5,000

Rural priorities must be set by villagers

Personality clashes lead to internal schisms

Food for thought

DESTRUCTIVE DAM

A sorry state, indeed!

Science and Technology - Briefs

Opportunists among plants

Invasive species thrive by making the most of nutrition that comes in spurts

Ethiopia

Excess CO2 in air retards plants growth

New method to recognise erosion gullies on satellite photos

Nitrogen? Warming?

Enough of carbon talks. Heres a new element with potential

Floodplain loss: Basins of Irrawaddy, Tapi, Indus, Cauvery rivers flowing through India altered most due to human activities

Asia lost the biggest area of floodplains among all continents from 1992-2019

Changing paradigm

Soil’s carbon storing ability may be different from what is believed

Seeds of failure

Soybean does not sprout in 40,000 hectares in Maharashtra, state blames farmers

Fighting drought

Green business

Cutting back

Sub-standard fertilisers destroying farm land in Nepal